What’s been lost in all this is the effectiveness of assassination and death threats as a political and social tool. Pym Fortuyn’s death put politicians everywhere on notice.
Theo van Gogh’s death showed filmmakers around the world that criticizing Islam could be a death warrant. Imagine the bombing of a single movie theater, which has already happened in Iran. Is it any wonder Hollywood won’t treat the subject honestly?
People have publicly wondered why the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan isn’t covered in contemporary science fiction.
The fiction of the desecrated Koran in Newsweek caused the death of 16 people and untold property damage.
Again, simple fiction reacted to with fatal violence. Publishers fear for themselves, their distributors and their employees.
Ditto for the Mohammed cartoons. Bookstores in the USA refused to carry the sole periodical that published the images. The Washington Post recently refused to carry a mild Opus cartoon simply for mentioning Islam. They published photos of their Muslim employees in an attempt to divert fatal Islamic attention.
The fourth plane on September 11, 2001 was aimed at politicians.
The anthrax attacks immediately after were directed at journalists.
Journalist Daniel Perl’s beheading was filmed and publicized.
This goes back to the deaths of John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, killed by a radical leftist and a Palestinian, respectively.
These public attacks on politicians and influence makers stand out clearly in retrospect.
The deaths of filmmakers, politicians, and journalists have shaped American body politic for takeover from within.
